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TheAspen Does it have to be sharp? Maybe use something else that's less regular but serves the same purpose.

14 days later

Hi!

Blog post 13 is out! 
Introducing a few new abilities, also some thoughts about Alpha gameplay, social media, and future plans.

See the blog post here

Thanks!

TheAspen

a month later

Hi once again!

And the first blog post of this year has been published!

I have plans to publish a playable demo and gather some feedback from you with it!
More thoughts and information about it in the blog, and some other updates too!

Feel free to check it here

TheAspen

    11 days later

    TheAspen Nice to see the game taking shape!

    The hexagon definitely makes the movement/orientation better, but it also feels a bit distracting. The asteroids/comets are a bit static, having them move a bit more (and use the stars/suns in the background as they are) would give it some more depth.

    the suns/stars also feels a bit dim/dark. But making them brighter would probably make them distracting as well.

    Just some initial thoughts looking at the latest progress 🙂

      14 days later

      MikeCL
      Thanks for the comment!

      That hexagon really seems to divide people. You are not the first one who said it is a bit distracting. Maybe I could add more opacity to it and see how it plays then. The hexagon is also optional, so you can disable it from settings if you do not like it.

      I also think the asteroids are too static right now. Let's see how it works out if I add more speed to the parallax layer.

      4 days later

      Yo!

      More updates of Alpha! See the newest blog post here:
      https://www.theaspen.blog/posts/15/

      Nevertheless, the devlog almost has a birthday! One year ago I published the very first post. Some thoughts about that in the blog too!

      Thanks!

      TheAspen

      a month later

      Hi once again!

      Yet another blog post regarding the upcoming Alpha gametest! Nothing huge this time, but some thoughts about the Steam and feature progress list.

      Link to the post: https://www.theaspen.blog/posts/16/

      Until next time!

      TheAspen

      7 days later

      Yo! A huge announcement!

      Steam pages are finally here:

      Go check it out and give your opinion!

      Back in 2024, I would never believe this day could actually come.
      Playable Alpha is under review by Steam, so it should be there in a couple of days.

      TheAspen

      5 days later

      Nice! Just tried it! Landed on a score of 420. Game feels super smooth 👍

      Some feedback.

      • Would be nice with some background music just to get into the mood a bit more.
      • The big rocks in the background feel a bit static, perhaps make them move a bit more with the paralax. Then you have some pretty good depth. Like the stars/suns in the far background, the rocks closer, then the smaller rocks even closer etc.
      • The smaller sun to the left feels low resolution compared to the rest.
      • Feels a bit strange to need to manually trigger next wave. Perhaps just start next wave automatically to keep the pace up.
      • I have a superwide monitor, feels like the background is stretched.


        where the penguin?

        Also, in your company web page it sounds like the company consist of many people team.. how many people worked on this project?

          kuligs2
          This works on Linux. I have used Manjaro for the development by time to time, so the overall support for Linux should be a relative easy to achieve. But, because this was (and still is) my very first game on Steam, I decided to go with ease and officially support only Windows, at least for the start. 😉

          This is a solo-development process, so only I have worked on with this. It just sounded funny to use "Me" instead of "We" on the company's homepage.

          MikeCL

          Nice to hear that you give this a shot! 🙂

          Background music was on the list, but I had not enough time to finish that so I had to cut it out from the Alpha. Overall, it isn't that crucial for the game testing. But I agree, it definitely needs some music on the background.
          Good to hear that background get stretched with superwide monitors, I think I need to do some resolution settings or such.

          Thanks for the feedback! Good points there! 🙂

          13 days later

          Hi all!

          I just published a new blog post!

          Some thoughts about the Steam pages and such, and of course some future plans! 🙂

          Remember to test the game on Steam if you have not already!

          TheAspen

          a month later

          Yo! A new devlog post is published on my blog!
          Check out the new enemies there!

          Gametest is still ongoing on Steam, so feel free to try out Enfora Star!
          And of course, if you have already joined the game test, go and give it another try ! 🙂

          On X and Bluesky you can find related content too!

          Cheers!
          TheAspen

          • Toxe replied to this.
            a month later

            Hello!

            And once again there is a new blog post on my devlog!

            https://www.theaspen.blog/posts/19/

            There are some information of Steam Achievements and new enemy droids!

            Here is something for preview:

            Also check my Youtube channel for gameplay clips:

            Cheers!
            TheAspen